Barbara Hartley is a lecturer in Japanese literature and film on the Hobart Campus. She also teaches Japanese languages. Since 2004, Barbara has been the secretary treasurer of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia.
Research Interests
Barbara's research interests focus around matters of text, body and nation in modern Japan. Her doctoral thesis, for example, examined the manner in which representations of the mother in twentieth century Japanese narrative contested the discourses of motherhood and maternity circulated by the nation state. With regard to author studies, her interests include the full gamut of twentieth century writers ranging from iconic traditionalists, such as Tanizaki Jun'chiro, to contemporary post-modern authors, such as Tawada Yoko. Barbara's recent publications include a discussion on the work of selected Korean Japanese writers and a journal article on the work of Nobel Laureate, Kawabata Yasunari. She is currently working on two major projects. These are joint editorship with prominent Australian literary studies scholar, Tomoko Aoyama, of a collection of essays on the girl in modern Japan and an investigation of the work of post-war Japanese writer and China scholar, Takeda Taijun. In 2006, Barbara had a number of translations and commentaries published in edited collections from University of Hawaii Press and Columbia University Press. She is currently finalising a translation of Kanai Mieko’s 1989 novel, Indian Summer, also with Tomoko Aoyama.
Teaching
Barbara teaches undergraduate units in Japanese literary studies, Japanese film studies, Japanese culture and society and Japanese language. She also supervises post-graduate students to doctoral level. Her particular interest is in electronic teaching resources and she is currently working on a project to develop web based interactive teaching material for her undergraduate classes. In 1998 Barbara was one of the first recipients of the Prime Minister Award for University Teaching (Education Faculty Category). This award was received for her contribution to an immersion Japanese language program for prospective teachers of Japanese.
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